Thursday, August 13, 2015

ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 will combine to present all 32 games of the 2015 Little League World Series

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ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 will combine to present all 32 games of the 2015 Little League World Series presented by Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes from Williamsport, Pa., August 20-30 at Lamade Stadium and Volunteer Stadium. ABC will broadcast five games from Williamsport, including the International Championship (at 12:30 p.m. ET) and the United States Championship (at 3:30 p.m.) on Saturday, Aug. 29. ABC will then broadcast the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 3 p.m. ESPN and ESPN2 will combine to televise 28 Little League World Series games in Williamsport, beginning with four games Thursday, Aug. 20.

Commentators

·Six-time MLB All-Star Nomar Garciaparra returns in an analyst role to join KarlRavech, analyst Kyle Peterson, and reporterJaymeeSire to provide coverage for all five ABC games, including the World Series Championship and International Championship;

·ESPN MLB analysts Curt Schilling, John Kruk, and Aaron Boone will serve as analysts during select games in Williamsport. This will be Schilling’s and Boone’s first time covering games in Williamsport;

·Ravech and Dave Flemming will rotate play-by-play duties throughout the Little League World Series with analysts Garciaparra, Peterson, and DavidBelisle-- former Rhode Island Cumberland American Little League manager who gave his heartbroken team an emotional speech last year—and reporter MarysolCastro who recently joined ESPN last month;

·SportsCenter’sJayCrawford will be the play-by-play voice alongside Garciaparra and Castro for Game 17 on Monday, Aug. 24 at 2 p.m. on ESPN.

SportsCenter

·SportsCenter will air live from Williamsport, Pa. on Thursday, Aug. 20, Friday, Aug. 21, Monday, Aug. 24 and Tuesday, Aug. 25 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. hosted by Crawford and ChrisMcKendry;

·SportsCenter will also provide daily, on-site updates throughout the entire tournament with coverage led by Crawford, McKendry and Ravech.

·League Web Gems/World Series by Subway will highlight the tournament’s best defensive play and preview the Little League World Series Championship on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 1 p.m. Sire will host the show with Garciaparra and Peterson;

·ESPN will debut a new Little League World Series telecast open, which features a summer camp theme set to the band 1985’s popular “Summer Forever” track;

·“Wired” segments with coaches and umpires will provide unique insight and instant reactions;

·A TrussCam will be positioned on a trolley beyond the outfield wall at Lamade Stadium to capture sweeping shots of action;

·ESPN.com’s Little League World Series page will be updated with scores, results, and game stories;

·Viewers can join the conversation on social media platforms using #LLWS.

ESPN International will televise select Little League World Series games from Williamsport throughout Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific Rim. Games airing in Latin America will be voiced in Spanish by ESPN Deportes commentators: Eduardo Varela, Fernando Alvarez, and Pablo Viruega.

WatchESPN and WatchABC Little League World Series games are available on computers, smartphones, tablets, Xbox, Amazon, Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku via WatchESPN and WatchABC.

U.S. Teams will include teams who win their regional championships: Mid-Atlantic, West, Southeast, Great Lakes, New England, Midwest, Southwest, and Northwest.

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